Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
April 30, 2024
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the May 3, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
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Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Commercial helper not in possession of valid fishing license
Staff Report
April 30, 2024
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the May 3, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Dam removal project will open access on the Sangamon River in Illinois
Staff Report
April 30, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it will invest $1.5 million and work with Illinois DNR to remove two dams – the Riverside and Color Plant Dams – located on the Sangamon River at
28.5-incher tops walleye challenge on the Illinois leaderboard
Staff Report
April 30, 2024
Three weeks in, Sam Militello’s 28½-inch walleye was at top of the Illinois leaderboard in the The Midwest Walleye Challenge.
A 23-inch walleye caught by Jordan Kimbrough was in second place, followed by a
Illinois Mixed Bag: Farm Bureau opposes DNR wetlands control
Staff and News Reports
April 30, 2024
Illinois Farm Bureau has launched an action request asking members to contact their state senator to urge them to vote no on proposed legislation that could allow the Illinois DNR to regulate every size wetland
Illinois’ Emiquon Nature Preserve in spotlight as wetland protections lifted
Camryn Cutinello
April 30, 2024
A U.S. Supreme Court decision last year stripping wetlands of most federal protections is drawing more attention to places like Fulton County’s Emiquon Nature Preserve, and what states like Illinois can do in response.
Morel hunters, turkey hunters find common (woods) ground
Tim Bunton
April 30, 2024
Two very different kinds of Illinois hunters are diverging in the woods right now in nearly every county.
What happens when morel hunters meet turkey hunters? Chaos, DNR warns.
Turkey season opened in early
Endangered whooping crane rescued from Illinois suburb
Staff Report
April 30, 2024
Brad Semel, a DNR endangered species recovery specialist based in McHenry, was called to Wilmette April 24 and quickly mapped out a plan. The International Crane Foundation arrived a few hours later and crew member
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Hunter skeptical of CWD, DNR’s effort to curb disease in deer
Illinois Letters To The Editor
April 30, 2024
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 3, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
